The Prime Minister, rishi sunak, said only the conservatives offer security and economic stability, while the Labour Leader, sir keir starmer, promised an end to what he called 14 years of decline and chaos under the tories. Nigel farage said he wont be standing for reform uk but will campaign for them. Lets get more from our Political Correspondent damian grammaticas. Enter the man who has staked everything on this gamble, calling an election now. Quite a few of his mps are not convinced by the timing, and he has a huge poll deficit to overcome. I want to build a britain, a country where you all can have confidence, restored confidence and pride in our communities, in our society and our nation. Earlier he had an admission hed promised deportation flights to rwanda. Now he says they will happen if he is elected. We have already started detaining people, we have hired the escorts, we have an airfield on standby and we have booked the flights. All of that work is already ongoing and the
hello there, welcome to bbc news. the un security council will convene for a closed door emergency meeting, after an israeli airstike killed dozens of people in rafah. video shows the aftermath of the strikes, as a massive fire ripped through tents near the southern gazan city. at least 45 people were killed including women and children at a camp for displaced people. that s according to the hamas run health ministry. the israel defense forces say the airstrike killed two senior members of hamas. appearing before the knesset on monday, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called it a tragic mishap . 0ur middle east correspondent lucy williamson has more. morning didn t end the nightmare, but it brought the children, picking through the debris of the dead. the burned remains of shelters mark the place where israel says a top hamas commander was hiding among thousands of displaced families fleeing the fighting in rafah to the south. translation: we were - preparing ou